PSYC 2002 Research Methods

4 semester hours

Introduces the basic principles of experimental and nonexperimental designs. Provides students with fundamental background for planning, conducting, and critiquing research in psychology. Emphasizes scientific writing, including APA style, and data interpretation using inferential, descriptive, and relational statistics. Topics include: how to generate and test hypotheses, searching scientific literature, the nature of variables, types of measurement, issues of reliability and validity, and ethics in the conduct of empirical research.

Prerequisites: Grade of C (2.0) or higher in PSYC 1000 and PSYC 2001 .

University Core fulfilled: Flags: Information Literacy, Quantitative Reasoning.